Egypt: Hosni Mubarak back in hospital

Egypt's former dictator Hosni Mubarak has been transferred from prison to a military hospital for the second time in a week.

A 2010 photograph of Hosni Mubarak Photo: AP

10:54PM GMT 27 Dec 2012

Mubarak, who is serving a life sentence over the killings of protesters, was briefly taken to hospital on Dec 19 for scans after he fell in his prison bathroom and hurt his head.

Sources said Mubarak's health had deteriorated again, but there were no specific details about his condition.

A court sentenced Mubarak to life in June for failing to prevent the killings of protesters during the 18-day revolt that ended his three-decade rule in February 2011. Some 850 people died in the uprising.

Since his fall from power, Mubarak, 84, has suffered repeated health scares.

He spent nearly a month in hospital after he fell unconscious on June 19, with state media declaring him clinically dead on arrival. But medical sources said he appeared to have fallen into a temporary coma.